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Itl.'il In tlx. iifllin of ll.v Hfcr.'ti.ry of Hut.', K.'lin.ary Iks'j, a m.X'l.ili'il, in mid I he mi inn im h.-rfhy uin.'iiilfil hy IiihitiIiik the followliiK ChHtcr IhiTPln. which " ii ji it r Mhull lit. known un Cluiptcr XIV. CH AI'TlvIt XIV. I't III.IC I TII.ITIBH AMI KUAN CII1HBS. Hoi Ion I. ThM Clly of Ht. 1 l.l.nn Khull Iiiivk llm power to roi.Hln.ct, con demn, pun liiiHc. mid to, m 1 1 1 1 r tiiuln t u 1 n. oi-riiiH unil own nil or any purl of any public utility for thn purine of ritvIiik th Clly and thn -.iIh ih.Txof for u.' pulillo and prlvntw. And no apcrlul prlvllcH or Immunity utmll cut lie printed ,y thn City that may not h altMred, revoked or re pealed l.y t tie) Common Council. KundN for the carry Inn Into effect the provlnlotia of lhl awtliin may Im provided 4y IhhuImk honda therefor, or hy thn ii of money In thn Kcneral fund at thu end of thn flw-al year. H.x-tion 2. Thn Council utmll have Ketieral aiipervlHlon and power of ri-KU tut Imi of all public ultlltlea within the City of Ht. Helena, and of all periion and coriK.rallona eiixiiKcd In thn opera tlon thereof; provided that amh pow er of Nupcrvlxlon and retaliation ahall not ronfllcl with any atatn law provld Ini! for thn reKulatlon or aupervlHlon of putiilr aervlcn corporal lona now In effect or liereafler to ko Into i ff.H-t. Section :i. Kvery frnnchlae eranted under t Ma charter ahull Im taken and domed aa property and ahall ho aul Je t to taxation aa proMTty. Hectlon 4. No exclunlvn franchlMe hull n Kranled nor ahall any fran rhi.. I. !.!. ir rlKht tin urunted for a lonuer period than Thirty yeara 2000 OK MORE FEARED DEAD IN DAYTON, 0. Streets of Ohio City Are Seeth ing Torrent Eight to 20 Feet In Depth. OHIO HEADWATERS RACING. HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS LOST Famine Imfx-nd, aa All Groceriea and Supply llouaea Are Inun- dated - Ilouaetopa Crowded, Office Ituildings Filled. . . k . I.,...M r -... mmiiiiiiii i n. - .n..f or uwnnra of any property .1,1. h 1. i.Keiied oil aili'h aawaament nr any p.-raoii having an Iniereat I nr ' i..n .I.v. fimn ll.e! tn.reiii. i.i. , u.,,.,1.., r. Kvrrv n.raoii. firm il ii in .,w.. .....lt,..il,.n i-t lona roroorat.on neiore m i or !. . s. 'ni.njll f.if fr:i neh Inn lo me t iiiiiimjii mm. .1 i.. i imi , li atlnii -i.i. .1... ciiv Itworder their otije: wntlllK IO P... --'"" -,. ',...,, ........w .... ,.r.1..l nrillnalice In alien nonce me i num. uiumi e.-i - - . .... . ... . ........ .l.u-.i.u nr m.tw hear mid deternnnn an in inn. o.i. .-, .. -... - havn heeli filed l.y i HrH'mi hi hhi.i i7, Thn outicir lioiicn io um iiuu... .. -. In time apiiolnlcd Coilticll aha" IiM llll II lll'tl ' . . ... .1 y party "' I... .iiu,v when thn atmllcailon nr to amount .. n.-...- ... ...... mhut. lil.i lull ('un ..ii'.. .i.,.it k.iw tiomr Ine fn.in tlmn to tlmn ami anan nue ,,.r. In It dlacretloli. ... rrvl.e .ml rorrcct. or lo an aalde and order -......t.iM,i r an. -ii a.eiii.i''ii. a :. ,t,.,l pa., an or.i.nan... - nialorlty of thn vote. Ill lie made not apply when thn application la ini tial, d hy Initiative petition. .i fr.nchlHn ahall take effect until Bni!.lty day. after It" pn"f unl.-.a it roniirtiiiiik .u. .. li h ,,lrll, therefor at a referendum election ittui ri mi v u ii. "" - ...... i . urn ."hall final ..e.erm.-.a.U.n of , r , - ' ,er..i;u.arl,v. vaUillty rZ'Xr,n,,ZS tul taking of ' t"" ';""'"" ' . " Vrm...l eff-t of a franchl. until after thn r.iimcm . ctiiui'"-'"-" - , .,. IUK'krt ofjnlcctlon Kvery frnnchlan icrantnd i. .1, .11 I... . nli ri ll In tlm '. . .11 I.,, n.if.ir.-ed and Section 8 ' In thn aainn manner that 1,y the City of St. Helen, ahall contain other Bin.enai.icnt a for local Improve- Dayton. O. The creat waa reached ahout mldnlnht Tueaday. Water l now fallii.K at the rate of bait an Inch an hour. Dayton. The wind veered auddenly from aouth to north at 3 o'clock and the flrea on Vine atreet aprang up anew. Dayton. (Fly tnleohone via Xenla.) Dayton la nothing lea" than a aeeth- Iiik river, three mile, wide, a mile ana a half on each aide of the main atreet. It. principal thorouKhfare, while It la climated thut from 2000 to 6000 peo ple have perlahed. The Algonquin Hotel la aubmerited In water up to Its third atory, and above this level the downtown district office bulldliiK., botela and bualncaa houaea are place, of refuge. A achool building that was known to have housed not lesa than 400 school children shortly before the waters riiahed In that direction Is en tirely submerged, and as far as can be aacerlulned all of thoae little ones met a watery grave. Mayor llrer of Mlddletown, Ohio wired Mayor Hunt of Cincinnati to niKh boats on a special train, aaaing. "Do it quick, as necessary to save lives." The special train waa aent at iinn Through Safety Director Caah of Cincinnati, the Chamber of Commerce at Hamilton, Ohio, today asked that Governor Cox be requested to order a battalion of militia to . Hamilton. That body also adopted a resolution asking Governor Cox to declare Hamil ton under martial law. Three bridges over the Miami river at Hamilton have collapsed. A bill appropriating iiuo.imhi ior me relief of the flood aufferers was Intro duced Into the Ohio legislature. It Is estimated that there are &uou peopie homeless In the state. All Small Streams Out of Their Banks and Grave Danger 8n, Plttttburg, I'a. With a continued heavy rainfall In Northern and West ern i'eiinayivanla, the flood situation la growing aerioua and heavy property dauu.ge haa already rcaulted. Oil City, Bradford, Warren, Tltuaville, Green ville. Newcastle, Hharon and the low land, of thl city and vicinity are battling with flood water. Many ixilnta are without electric light, water, transportation lines and gaa. A score of bridges throughout thn state were swept away. The situation at Oil City, Pa., I" grave. The. dam at Hpartansbura; baa let go, sending a great wall of water toward Oil City. The Allegheny Illver at Oil City has reached 1 feet and la rlalng a foot an hour. Oil Creek la out of its banks, and a large portion of thn dtv Is under water. All email atreams around Bradford are out of their banks. Hectlons of the city are under water and hundreds of fain Mica homeleaa. At Greenville, I'a., mere than COO Deraona are homeless. At Hharon, Pa., the town la under water and a dozen or more brldgea are wrecked. The loaa of the United Statea Hteel Corporation at Karrell, a suburb Is estimated at $200,000. A report reached Sharon that a wreck train and a crew on the Lake trie road went down with a bridge near Mead vllle, Pa. TERRE HAUTE TWICE DESOLATED STORM'S TOLL IS 152 IN OMAHA Flood Follows Cyclons Disaster and Many Surrounded by Water. Terre Haute, lnd. Hardly recover ing from the daze of the tornado of Sunday that claimed 20 lives, injured 2".0 and did uroDerty damage amount ing to $1,000,000, Terre Haute Tuesday faced ita second disaster in 48 hours. when the waters of the Wabash left their banks, flooding part of the real dence district. Many families whose homes had es caped destruction In the tornado were surrounded ana me resiueui. force.! to flee for their lives. The river has passed the 25-foot stage nnd Is rls'ng at the rate of five Inches an hour. Railroad traffic Is practically auspended and lnterurban traction service naa dccu umiuuu'-u u.ynti of Tavlorville. Robertsvlll nd West Terre Haute have deserted their homes. Five hundred houses are under water and the coal minea near here are flooded. Uellef statlona established near ine flooded districts are swamped with ap plications for aid. TOTAL LIVES LOST NEAR 7675. li,.IHK are enforced ami coliecieu un d.r thla Charter and the lawa govern luit thU City. All uiii paid uhii the former aa.eaanielit ahull be crcilll.-d l th property on account of which the tame ere paid a. of the date of such .nu nt. Hut no proceeding ahull be Ununited for such rea.aeaametit un ion wtthtn ten year of thn paaKe of thn resolution of Intention for the niakini! of the orlglnul work, improve ment or repair; provided, that where any aaae.Kiiienl I" being coiile.ted In nv court .in h tlino shall not l con .,,i..r...i .. . i,,.n of such limitation KKSOI.VKK. further. That thn Clly llecorrt.r he, and he la hereby In structed and required to publish this revolution, together with the ballot mi.. ..r,.vi.l..,i i.v i he Cltv Attorney, at full and explicit statements of Ita con dltlona In thn following particulars: la) In cane of railway and street rail ways It shall SMclfy plainly the streets or other public place, or parta thereof o which they apply. b) The amount ..wl manner of imvment of the compen sation to be paid by thegrnntee for the right. And In H-u of a money valuation tilt f'itll HI' il mMV at it option d.H-lsre what will bo a reasonable reduction of fare, rales or chargea. eliner ai me beginning or progreaalvely from time to time, to be made by the grantee In compensation for the grant and keep In good repair, or pay for keeping In good repair, all that portion of such .trecta and parts of streets lying be . .....n it... rail, of thn road bed of ucn rallwa. or street railways and for one foot on thn outside of each of such ... ... . official newspaper of rails. (O Thn time of h.-glnnit.g ne . ..... .i.i.ii. ..... iluv. r.. ...miction or other work thereiinner, i , ill n ni'ruii. .11 " ' - - ln.i.n-.IL.irlv tirecedlng aaid election. IW.-d hy thn Common council un. 17th day of March. 19i: Yen a V. G. Muckle. J. H- Croliklto ,,eied upon thn eatlniated total coat of sucn worn, and the time within which the work under such ami John I'lillip. N)a- None. Not Voting S. C. Morton. 811t.1nl1t.xl to thn Mayor on the l.th dav .,f M iri h I'ltrt 1 Approved hy the Mayor on the 17th day of March. 1913. MARTIN WHITK. Mayor. JOHN CJ. GAGK. Recorder. The ballot title and number of said proiMis.-d measure will be a follows, to-wlt: An Act lo amend the Chnrler of the City of St. Helena, In Colombia County, and Htate of Oregon, entitled "An Act entitled An Act to Incorporate the City of Kt. Helens. In Columbia County, and Stale of Oregon." filed In the office of the Secretary of State. February 25. IM. as thereafter amended, by ln Ttltig a Chapter In said Charter fol lnilng Chapter XII 'hereof, which new Chapter ahall be designated In the Charter a Chanter XIII. authorizing neeiiii anaeaamenta for tno improve ment of at rent a and the construction, reconstruction and repair of any StMKer. Shall the Charter of the City of St. Helens hn amended ly Inserting Chap ter XIII? NOTICU TO VOTERS OF ST. IIKI.KNS. Notice la hereby given, that at the fKuhir city election to be held on the 7h day of April, 191.1. the following proposed charter amendment will be ruhmltted to the votera of the City of K'. Helens for their antiroval or rejec- 'ton, which said proposed chnrter amendment Is contained In a reaolutlon Inly passed by the Council on the 17th "y or March. 1913. whlcn propose.! 'solution I In word and figure a follows, to-wlt: UKSOMTTIO:. 'm IT RKHOLVKD by the Common rnmid! of thl, cilr of 8t. llolcna. In ('olnin,la County. State of Oregon, that there h,. in hereby I" submitted to Jim legal votera of the City of St. "''lens at the regular municipal elec tion to bo held In aald City on the 7th day of April, 1!I3, for their adoption or rejection, an amendment of the Charter of the Clly of St. Helen, to known an Chapter XIV of snld tuirter, minting to PCIII.IC f'TII.I- AND KRANCmSr-H, and eacn 1,1 u.. .ha 1 he com auch atreet or iortlo!ia of streets, respective!. Rates, however, ahall alway be unl fonn to all citizens of like clasaes uii a..t .u.,ilr rircumatances and condi tions. Section 7 The enumeration .and specification of particular matters which must be Included In every fran- A Bhall not be construed to Impair the right of the City to In sert In such franchise auch other and further conditions and reatrlctlons as the Council may deem proper for the public welfare. Section 8. Kvery franchise granted by the City shall be subject to the conditions and restriction, herelnal er provided, to-wlt: 1st. That the ( Ity rnav In any lawful manner and upon .12 n. nf . fair valuation law- fully .pertained, purchase condema iercest Cyclone In History Sweeps Corn Belt. CURRENCY BILL TO COME UP. Suburb of Nebraaka Metropolis Wiped Out; Farming Area Stricken. Omaha, Neb. With the death list ,r,.t.ot.l .irirreeatlng 152 arid the list of Injured all of 400, Omaha and the surrounding territory In Nebraska and Iowa faced the problem of boualng the thousand rendered homelesa by Sunday night's tornado. The number of building destroyed wa placed In the neighborhood of 1200 and the property damage at aeveral million dollar. Belated report com ing to Omaha tended to Increaae me enormity of the havoc wrought and In dicated that a much wider territory had been In the path of the torm man was at first shown. The hospital In Orraha are full of Injured, many of whom have not been Identified, apparently because their friends are either dead or among me injured. acquire, take over ana mnu erty and plant of the grantee Ir . whole or part: provided the same be done at rZJTl the term of the fran- voter who votes iinon snld proposed "'nendment shall rote "Y EX" or "NO" Jn miHwor to the following question: Hhftll the Chnrter of the City of St. Helens he amended by Inserting Chap ter XIVT" which amendment read ns follows, to-wlt: CHARTER AMRNTtMKNT RIT1 MITTKD TO THM VOTKRS HY THW COUNCIL. AN ACT , i Helfltii. in ColHihli County, and chlae. and such valuation shall not ln--i.. .nv .urn for the value of the l , .Li.h a.lh franchise or (trani unuer wi... -.i ..rnr.rtv la onernted. 2nd. r.lllll t. nii' . -- f That upon the payment by the City or st Helens of a fair valuation. a above stated, the plant and propertv ao ac nuInHl shall become the property o the City without formal execution of any Instrument of conveyance, though the City may at It option compel the execution of It of an Instrument of transfer and conveyance. RKSOl.VKD, further, That the City Recorder be. and he I. hereby In strncted and required to publish this resolution, together with the ballo . ......i...i ,v the Cltv Attorney, at least once In the official newspaper of the City of Ht. lioiens. n . u...,.l ..receding said election 1'nssed by the Common Council this 17th day of March. 1913. vJ.-W. fl. Muckle. J. If. Cronklte and John Thlllp. Nnvs None. Not Voting S. C. Morton. Submitted to the Mayor on tho l.tn day of March. IsiU. Approved by the Mayor on the l.tn day of March. 1913. MRTIN WHITR, Mayor. JOHN Q. OAOB. Recorder. Th i.iithit title and number of said proposed measure will De a lonows, to-wlt: An Act to amend tho Chartor of the City of St. Helens, In Columbia County. and State of Oregon, enntieu nn a.-i entitled An Act to Incorporate the ni.ir nf st Helens. In Columbia County, and State of Oregon." mod in ine oince nf thn Secretary of 8tate. Fc-brunry 25, isso n thereafter amended, relating to ri'HI JC UT1L4TIBS AND K1UN- CHISKS. nv... ii.. .1 th CltV Of Bt. Helen ba amended br inrtln wP- ter XIVT 110 Tea. CjL aiii No. r s FLOODS COVER INDIANA. Thousand. Homeless In Kokomo, Muncle, Terre Haute and Marlon. Tndlanaoolls. Ind. Ten thouaand familiea are homeless In Indiana a the result of the worst flood in he history of the atate. The property to., run. Into millions, and all In dustry. Including tranaporttalon facll- I. ....nended. vnnr nenons are known to have been drowned. Other large sections of the state are Isolated, and It Is feared the death list will be materially Increased when communication 1 re tored. , , , Moan of the largest cltie In the state will be In darknes for ome days, the flood water of varlou river putting electric light and water plant out of commlBslon. The flood follow a two day' downpour, which wa . . . i - .n.i nmin general in laumua Five hundred persons are nnm" i.rinn lnd. At MIsBlssnawa, Ind., the river burt the leveo on the east .m nf thn cltv. and factorlea there were forced to hut down. Kokomo la without light and water, and a mile square area In the center of the cltv I flooded. the school are closed there and the militia are patrolling the streets. The known drowned In the state up to noon were Ray Rothenburger and hi brother. Roscoe. Frankfort: al lace Garrison, Burlington; John Dag- ncr, Newcastle. Lave Braka In Thr Placea. navton. Ohio. Thousand are home- less In Dayton and vicinity and are helnr sheltered In tent and public building following the breaking of the big Miami river levee In three place. .1... haa nassed the flood deptD nd la still rising. Score of faetorie are cloaed. Three companle of mil 7..Z n.Nl to aid the police. Rlverdale. North Dayton and o her suburb, are Inundated Tueaday night courlera were -nt throjigho it the threatened district '" habitants to flee. The river I the highest It ha been In 40 year. Estimated Figure Baed on Unverl fied News From Two State. rhtcaeo Cnverlfted report from fl.K)d swept cities In Ohio and Indiana how the following estimaiea iob Urn- Ohio Dayton. 100 to f.nno. rinua im- moredl. 540; Delaware. 50 to 100; Sid ney. 23 to SO; Mlddletown. ii xo iv. Hamilton, 12: Tippecanoe City. 3 to 6; scattering, 1; total Ohio, 759 to 7175. Indiana Peru. 200 to wm; .-Newcas tle, 3: Lafayette. 2: Noblesvuie. z; Frankfort. 1: Fort Wayne. 1: Rush vllle. 1: total Indiana. 210 to 500. Grand total. 9 to 707. The homeless, most of them tem porarily, are estimated to number up wards of 100.000. The property damage la roughly esti mated at 125.000.000 or more. All the great railroad system run ning through the flooded state are tied up by flood and washouts. Lincoln, Neb. One hundred are dead, twice a many more were in to red. some fatally, by death-dealing tornado which devaatated Omaha and Ita environ early Sunday last It de moralized telegraph and tolepnone er vice and cut Omaha off from commun ication with the outside world. Thlrtv to forty block In the resi dence section are aaid to have been swept by the torm, killing core or persons. Injuring several hundred and leaving hundred of wrecked resi dence. In the Dath of the storm. Train which pulled Into the city shortly before 6 o'clock were atopped at the edge of the city to take on dead bodies and the many Injured. 1 he vil lage of Uenon, Dundee and Florence, uburbs of Omaha, virtually are wiped out. Only the fact that a heavy rain fell for a half hour after the tornado saved the rr-aa of wreckage and many of tbe bodlea of the dead from being burned. The Webster street telephone sta tion, containing a score or more of girls, wa one of the building hit by the storm and In a moment wa twist ed and torn. Several of the girl were killed outright, and many other were injured. A moving-picture how which wa juat putting on its final film was struck. The roof of the building fell in and In the mad rush which wa made through the only exit open. many of those who were Injured were iramnled and crusnea. The rush continued, however, over the bodle of the dead and a few of the attendants escaped. Mayor Dahlman, of Omaha, tele graphed Governor Morehead shortly after midnight for several militia com panle to prevent the residence ana the dead bodle from being looted. The Omaha companies were only partially available, according to the report, and the Governor and Adjutant-General Hall Immediately ordered put two Lin coln companle and other from near by town. President Decide M.asure Will Have Consideration This Sasslon. WASHINGTON. Kncouraged by the rapid progress already made lu the preparation of a tariff revision bill, close friends of President Wilson pre dict that currency reform measures would be brought before tbe extra -ion of congress. The l'reident talked Informally with aome of bl caller about the prospect for currency legllatlon. They went away convincea mu while the president would devote him self first and foremost to tariff revi sion, be now hoped that at least a start on monetary reform. If not actual legislation, would be possible In the extra session. From the first, the president baa be lieved In tbe necessity for Immediate currency reform, and though desirous that congress should locu ll auen tlon and that of the nation on me tar iff question, he never haa given up the Idea of getting a currency measure before the country wltnin a lew month. Some of hi friend ald that they were particularly hopeful for cur rency reform because cf the attitude of the Democratic leader in congres toward expeditlou action on the tariff. Senator Simmon, chairman of the finance committee. I reported to nave said that the tariff could be disposed of within three month. Line me tar iff, the currency bill when drawn win he nreaented a a rarty meaaure, care fully worked out by congressional com mute In co-operation with the presi dent. It will not be made public. It 1 said, until it has been studied closely by member of the cabinet, recognized authorities on currency oueations, and some of the leading business men of the country In whose Judgment the ad ministration has confidence. The president Intend to tay in Washington throughout the extra e inn eivlne every attention to legisla tive question. He ha every day de clined Invitation to make speeche ni.tal.lo nf the citv. The cabinet will meet Immediately, when the Question of reces appoint ment will be dlcussed. The resigna tion of Huntington Wllaon.a assist ant secretary of state leave the state .lennrtment under charge 01 Alva Adee, aecond aasiatant ectetery of state. It is probable, however, that thora will be a recess appointment of John Bassette Moore aa counsellor of the state department, o tnai ne can co-operate with Mr. Adee In running the department. Tiie president tele graphed Secretary Bryan that he need not cut ahort hi vacation on account of Huntington W ilson wimarawai. HALF MILLION ARE HOMELESS 3000 Perish and $100,000,000 Is Estimated Damage. Fire Adda to Dayton' Distresa Only Two Railreads Open Reconstruction la Begun. Chicago. Three thousand people penahtid In the deluge that swept the northern half of the Ohio River valley the past three days. I'robably r.no.omi people were made homeless by the floods In Indiana and Ohio, and property damage, In both siaieg win De at least I1")0,0(X),(K.O. . I heae figures wer compiled late Wednesday from reports received here rrora various points In the stricken dis trict. Further reports may Increase the number of dead, and it Is unlikely that any decrease in the loss can be expected. South of Indianapolis the flood I said to have caused death In several small towns and villages. Fire at Dayton added to the finan cial loss caused by the flood. Early estimates, placing the damage in Ohio and Indiana at $50,000,000, were re vised to show double that amount. Railroad officials were authority for the statement that lines converging In Indianapolis would have to stand a loss of $25,000,000 In that city and vi cinity alone. Railroads ware chief sufferers from property damage. It was said by en gineers and construction bosses pre paring repair trains for the flooded districts that strips of railroad more than half a mile long had been waahed away In several places In Indiana. Concrete and iron bridges, their sup ports undermined, crumbled before the strength of the torrents hurled against them. The loss through cessation of traf fic cannot be estimated. Only two. roads, the Michigan Central and the Lake Shore, maintained communica tion with New York over their line. thoae farther south finding mile after mile of their right of way under a fathom of water. Men and material are being rushed by the railroads to every accessible point where damage has been reported and active work will be begun a soon. as the floods recede. NINETEEN KILLED IN TERRE HAUTE, LND., CYCLONE lx feet of 8t. Louia I Flooded. St Ivoul. Mo. More than 48 hour of heavy rain, which at time wa. almoat a cloudoursi. naa River De Fere, at the weatern end of the city, seven feet higher than .ru .it.1, ahnnr rtlace. anr recora. m ;--, forest Fark. la under water. Bridge Give Way vnrwaik. Ohio. Causing tbe death of three member or ine train ere-. Wheeling & Uke Rrle freight train went through a bridge at Hrlgbton, Ohio, near here, Tuesdny. 300 Homele In Terre Haut. Terra Haute, Ind. With 20 known Head, five missing, and 100 In jured. Terre Haute 1 slowly recover ing from the eflect of Sunday a cy clone. More than 300 persona are t..nnia the cltv hollaing the aes- Ht.itA In tho nubile chool. Mayor -k --.I. waa forced to IssUO n nroancntn atorekeeper who ... oamrht charging exorbitant price for food. They had increaea meir price In some case nearly 100 per cent. The working claM district here was wiped out Fifteen Killed In Illinois. i... til Fifteen noraons met death In a cyclone at Makanda. Ill Monday night, according to re iport re ... a . a fast frolcht tnua waa and la car aumpw "',,t r clone, BTnalixvv""' . t. are knowa Thousand Rush to Safety. Cleveland. Ohio. Washouts are re ported everywhere, and all lnterurban and railroad traffic la at a stand- The Cuyahoga river Is badly swollen. In Muskingum county a boy wa drowned while attempting to ford the stream In a buggy. Police Captain McGowan wa drowned at Findlay while trying to rescue maroonea lamines in m -ow lying districts. Two feet of water is reported in several Findlay districts. At Cincinnati. Valentine Boet. 22 years old, was drowned in the Miami and Erie canal. The Scioto river at voiuiudub u m. above the flood stage, and Is rising rapidly. Scores of factories are closed. More than BOO resident were forced in ahandon their home at Akron. Sev eral part of the city are upder water. Seven nundrea tamiiies were umcu frm their home at Mount Vernon whn the Koskoslng river oroae through the dike. Many Drown at Delaware. noim-iiv O. Between 75 and 100 person were drowned In tbe flooded Oletangy River, according to eau mate made by the police Tuesday More conservative report place the number of dead between 80 and 50. Th. name of only 28 of thoe believed ha rinari hAve been obtained. Score of person are still clinging to top of ree. roof or noucs ana uin - able footings. At nlgnt nre were built along the bank of the river to cheer the marooned one, while de- perate effort to rescue continueu. Terre Haute. Ind. Nineteen person are known to have been killed, 250 are seriously Injured. 275 home are de stroyed and other property damage, estimated at nearly $1,000,000. wa the toll of the tornado that devastated Terre Haute and vicinity Sunday night The official In charge of the reacue work say the list ot dead win De in creased a the earchers clear away the debris of wrecked building. Hundred of homeles are Deing cared for by charitable Institution and citizens, while the wrecked dis trict Is being patrolled by Company B, First Regiment, Indiana National Guard, and the local police force. The militia wa ordered out eariy in the day by Governor Ralston, who di rected the relief meaaure irom wai-anapoli. ASSISTANT SECRETARY RESIGNS. Huntinnton Wilson Cannot Counte nance Chinese Loan Policy. washtw.TOV. Huntington Wil son, assistant and acting secretary of tat a Tart armointee who retained office at the request of President W 11 son, until the president could give fur ther time to the selection of a uc and also to oblige Secretary Bryan who aeurea to anenu mo vc.c hration of hi birthday at Lincoln, Neb resigned suddenly when con i.nVoH with the duty of promulgating the administration' r-ollcy with refei ence to the Chinese loan, as anrounced hv the Dresldent. The acting ecre- -. firm believer In the Tart iio .mi he explained In tl letter of lTi.ir. that he could not consci entiously act aa spokesman for a pol icy with which he wa wnony uui ui haptnnnr. The resignation wa accepieu i letter from President Wilson, to take ff immediately. The preaident Im mediately designated Second Assist ant Secretary Adee to act aa secretary of tate during Secretary Bryan' ab sence. A probable result of the resignation will be the Immediate appointment un der a rece commission of John Bas sett Moore, as counsellor of the de partment of atate, with authority to act a ecretary. DR. ELIOT FOR GREAT BRITAIN. Preaident of Harvard Choen to Repre sent United State. WASHINGTON. D Charlea Eliot, ir, omsrttna of Harvard Unt -w haa heen decided upon by President Wilson for ambassador to Great Britain. Close friend of the n.j.nt teleeraDhed Dr. Eliot, con gratulating him and arglng him to ao- George W. Guthrie. Democratic state .v.i.n nf Pennsvlvania and ex- f TMHahnre. haa been aelected . rr-t.1. In to be ambasaaor to am. " formation came from Intimate friend nf President Wilson. From the same FIRE SWEEPS FLOODED DISTRICTS OF DAYTON, 0. Dayton. O. The fire In the businesa section was still burning nerceiy Thursday morning. It seems to have changed its general direction irom northeast to straight west. Efforts to ascertain if buildings housing refu gees have been burned were In vain It was impossible to approach closer than a mile to the blaze. At 1:15 A. M. a state guardsman shot and killed a man attempting to loot the homes on Fifth street Dayton, O. That a fierce fire which appeared to be sweeping through the half-submerged business district of Dayton early Thursday had destroyed the Beckel House, where there were supposed to be more than 200 flood refugees, was the consensus of opin ion of scores of watchers on top of the v-o.innai Caah Register building, near ly two mile from the cene of the flumes Investigation of the fire at close range was an Impossibility. More than a mile of flood water In tervened between the point where the staunchest boats dared to veniure u the area of flames. ' SERUM MAY BE GIVEN OUT. , Poor Suitors Unwelcome. Wellesley. Ma. Forty Welleley College girl have aald good-bye to matrimony until at least tnree year u learned that Justice ..... ........ .n until mon enma sourura . " . . .. after graduation and until men come along who have an Income of at least Jame W. Gerard, of New York, waa ... . ..... tvaaaanA tft TtftW $5000. They re members or me new - tlr t Wmiam Church OBborn. of ..... . v. . ii-.. . a.. aw niarnnvn -- . . i i . v-- vnrV AnriistuB Tnoma. mo VW . . . , 1 . . ThnmOl XTftl H.I1 wrlgnt, ana dubb.u.j Two Girl Are Heroine. Cincinnati. Two girl were the real factor In giving to the world the new of the Dayton flood. Both are oper ators. One. a telephone operater at Dayton, flashed the last tidings that came out of the trlcken city W edne day by telephone and gave the news to Governor Cox which enabled the executive to start relict io tne en;. Mia Rena Aiken, tne otner. a leie arunh nnerator at Phoneton, served a r- ' . . . rto.-tin relief operator tor me uin m Both stood at tneir posi aa ions the wires were in operation. organization, the Wellesley Marriage Club, and of the 60 wno nave oeen m vlted to Join only 10 refused. Member ship is limited to 800 and a meeting will be held at which 20 more girl will take the pledge. When 100 have become member, officer will be elected. The object of the club, o It la said, is to decrease business in tne divorce courts. Postmaster Quit Jobs. Washington. Because of the exten sion of the classified civil service to Include fourth-ciaaa postmaater ana the announcement that postmaster of that class would be subjected to a competitive examination, the postof fice department la receiving nearly 20 resignations a day. Officiate declare that about 2000 fourth-class postmas tora have resigned since the executive order carrying them Into the civil ser vice wa Issued. Practically all of the resignation are In postofflce where the postmas ter's salary 1 merely nominal. Woman Make Air Voyage. San nieeo W. Leonard Bonner, a Los Angeles aviator, with Miss Mar garet Stahl s a passenger, flew In a monoplnne from Los Angeles to this city a feat heretofore attempted, but not successfully. The distance la about inn miia Tlonnev and Miss Stahl left M., . PUllimj. rtr. AIHa Rescuer. Hamilton, O. The Champion Coated r. riA.nnonV tf 0110.000 COnCClTI, , .. .' no it nv morning i a. Invnlea at 1:30 P. and It U at the morcy of the flame., The windy and chilly but the as all fire fighting 1 out of the ques- RV.nt0r met with no mishap, exi eept The elare of tne lire ueiu .Inn somewhat In rescue work. Twelve person are known to nave drowned, while It la believed over a score or more are dead aa the flood of the Miami River that .,, Hamilton. Bnd 1 rushing through tho atreet to a depth of from three to t feet. riwa Dead at Hamilton, Hamilton, Okta-flw PZ"t?. I LTZ-otb-f-e . r-' ?Z" IT T nf . .kid when landing, The flight wa the first leg of a 600- mile tour of soi'tnerncauiorui. Bachelor Beg for Wive. i.-ith Valla. Or. Having become ..v. ..ini aifnlfa and grain on their homestead, a large number of n i.na-ell Valley, near Page, of Virginia, would be ambaasa dora to European courts. No one haa been decided upon tor ambassador to Japan. Chine Silks Seized. San Francisco. Collector of Cus tom Stratton will endeavor to learn .i,.v tra w. T. McGregor. Mrs. A. Hammar. Mrs. P. D. Norton. Mrs. H. L. Troop and Mis F. M. Brown, member fiiu. of officer at Mare Island, .7. c... VT..W are officers of tne unixea --"""-w medical department at Mare Island and whether a box weighing 400 ..nntainlna- more than Sioou L.A.th nf Chinese silks, notions and embroidered goode. which arrived here on the army transport Logan last Sat urday, and not on the hlp'a manifest, are not smuggled good and subject to seizure. Armours to Plant Rica. rtOToiiia rai Announcement haa been made that the Armours intend to niant rice to a large part of their holdings on the Feather River, near Nicolaus. It is saia miimn - planted on 12.000 acres. This will be . n ih. lar-eat rice field In the world. At present aoout auuw -ti-" land have been rlowed and checked In rcadlnesa for planting In rice. An other force of men Is engaged in sinn ing wells, to assure an abundance of water for the rice, which at certain period of Its growtn musi d uuu-. water. Dr. Friedmann Considers Instructing Physicians in Use. v.- vnrk The advisability ot dis tributing for general use by physiciana the tuberculosis vaccine discovered by T-.. c-.AArik F rriedmann waa die- Tussed at a conference l-tb. German specia. . - - sicians. whose laenuy ----- closed. Under a proiw-. i s clans from various parts of the. country might be instructed in the Friedman method of inoculating pa tient. Wabash Train Wrecked. St Louie .-The Wabash passenger train. No. 1. carrying Omaha and The fireman was killed and it li i" and tnat se-ri turned Into a ditch. Fifteen passenger, were Injured al thmigTlt 1. not known how -erlously. loosening the roots oi a . ir. Oklahoma Ha Blizzard. Oklahoma City, Okla.-A atom of of cessauuu. - - ... . .... bilked and train service 1 .low. Oklanoma -..i,. ------ - , the bllz-ard type mTieatioa mere 10 "v nf re-atlon. Snow na. a lnuu Street car ... Tex An unusually heavy Dallas. Tex. MnHhwest the temperature barely touched the freezing point. Spirit I Said to Beckon. Denver. Alonto Thompson, multi millionaire splrltuallat of thl city. He on hi deathbed here, dlartng that he is In honriy o ""H- " M.yor RHCU. BZ w MTm t'hT op of a telephone r Te,o whU-h he cHmbed to rescue nViaware is In great need of 'Vhvlllage of Stratford, five mllea ffll en wiped 1 ..-.o.i viftv are dead In lutin, n rra reported, and the Ullage of Prospect. 10 miles to tbe north, is un der water. . Mississippi Now RUln MeaapMa. Te" ,.-UOt If not Aate ot Or' itltled "An Act i I '